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Rocky Shores of Algoa Bay

This guide is being developed to help Nelson Mandela University students with the identification of rocky shore organisms around Port Elizabeth, in Algoa Bay and Seaview, in the Eastern Cape, on the South Coast of South Africa.
It is a 'work in progress' and will be continuously updated ...more ↓

Variegated Sundial 1
Heliacus variegatus
Brown-lined Paperbubble 2
Hydatina physis
Pink Bubble Snail 3
Aplustrum amplustre
white-edged nudibranch 4
Fjordia capensis
purple lady 5
Paraflabellina funeka
candy nudibranch 4
Cuthona speciosa
Four-colour Nudibranch 6
Godiva quadricolor
orange-eyed nudibranch 4
Cratena capensis
Sea Swallow 7
Glaucus atlanticus
Cape silvertip nudibranch 8
Janolus capensis
Gasflame Nudibranch 6
Bonisa nakaza
frilled nudibranch 6
Leminda millecra
red-spotted nudibranch 6
Goniobranchus heatherae
Cape Dorid 6
Hypselodoris capensis
Two-coloured halgerda 9
Halgerda dichromis
cow nudibranch 4
Gargamella bovina
variable dorid 10
Aphelodoris brunnea
Warty Doris 5
Doris verrucosa
black nudibranch 11
Tambja capensis
Ghost Nudibranch 11
Lecithophorus capensis
blue speckled nudibranch 4
Dendrodoris caesia
Berthellina granulata 12
Pygmy Seahare 13
Aplysia parvula
Siphonaria capensis 14
Siphonaria concinna 15
Siphonaria oculus 15
Mouse-eared Snail 16
Myosotella myosotis

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